Best Bars in El Raval, Barcelona
Dive bars, cocktail rooms, ethnic bars — Barcelona's most diverse bar neighbourhood.
El Raval is Barcelona's most diverse, most chaotic, and most exciting bar neighbourhood. The narrow streets between MACBA and the Boquería pack heritage taverns, cocktail temples, North African cafés, and dive bars into the densest drinking grid in Catalonia.
Eight El Raval picks for a wandering night.
The best bars in El Raval
Boadas
Carrer dels Tallers Barcelona's first cocktail bar (1933). Standing-only, classic cocktails, the most heritage Spanish cocktail bar.
Bar Marsella
Carrer de Sant Pau absinthe bar from 1820. Hemingway and Dalí drank here. Bottles on shelves untouched in fifty years.
33 45
Carrer Joaquín Costa cheap-cocktails bar with terrace. Mixed crowd, full El Raval energy, late-night.
Bar Pastís
Carrer Santa Mònica heritage French bar from 1947. Edith Piaf playlist, pastis, full bohemian aesthetic.
Resolís
Carrer de la Riera Baixa modern Catalan tapas bar. Strong cocktail program, the El Raval modern destination.
Marmalade
Carrer de la Riera Alta cocktail-and-brunch bar. Strong cocktails, mixed crowd, El Raval all-day default.
Casa Almirall
Joaquín Costa heritage modernist bar from 1860. Original interior, cheap house wine, full Barcelona heritage.
Bar Big
Carrer del Carme craft beer pub. 20+ rotating taps, cheap food, the El Raval beer destination.
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